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2 Cor. 4:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

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Matt. 3:11• ¹¹*I* indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; *he* shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire; (Matt. 3:11)

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John 1:21‑23• ²¹And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
²²They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
²³He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet. (John 1:21‑23)

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John 3:27‑31• ²⁷John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.
²⁸Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
²⁹He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.
³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.
³¹He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks as of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all, (John 3:27‑31)

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John 7:18• ¹⁸He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him. (John 7:18)

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Acts 3:12‑13• ¹²And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?
¹³The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom *ye* delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when *he* had judged that he should be let go. (Acts 3:12‑13)

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Acts 8:9‑10• ⁹But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.
¹⁰To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great. (Acts 8:9‑10)

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Acts 10:25‑26• ²⁵And when Peter was now coming in, Cornelius met him, and falling down did him homage.
²⁶But Peter made him rise, saying, Rise up: *I* myself also am a man. (Acts 10:25‑26)

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Acts 14:11‑15• ¹¹But the crowds, who saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices in Lycaonian, saying, The gods, having made themselves like men, are come down to us.
¹²And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercury, because he took the lead in speaking.
¹³And the priest of Jupiter who was before the city, having brought bulls and garlands to the gates, would have done sacrifice along with the crowds.
¹⁴But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having heard it, rent their garments, and rushed out to the crowd, crying
¹⁵and saying, Men, why do ye these things? *We* also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them; (Acts 14:11‑15)

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Rom. 15:17‑18• ¹⁷I have therefore whereof to boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.
¹⁸For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed, (Rom. 15:17‑18)

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1 Cor. 1:13‑15,23• ¹³Is the Christ divided? has Paul been crucified for you? or have ye been baptised unto the name of Paul?
¹⁴I thank God that I have baptised none of you, unless Crispus and Gaius,
¹⁵that no one may say that I have baptised unto my own name.
²³but *we* preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness; (1 Cor. 1:13‑15,23)

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1 Cor. 3:5‑6• ⁵Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.
⁶*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase. (1 Cor. 3:5‑6)

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1 Cor. 10:33• ³³Even as *I* also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved. (1 Cor. 10:33)

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Phil. 1:15• ¹⁵Some indeed also for envy and strife, but some also for good will, preach the Christ. (Phil. 1:15)

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1 Thess. 2:5‑6• ⁵For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness;
⁶nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles; (1 Thess. 2:5‑6)

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Titus 1:11• ¹¹who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain. (Titus 1:11)

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1 Peter 5:2‑5• ²shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;
³not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.
⁴And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.
⁵Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble gives grace. (1 Peter 5:2‑5)

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2 Peter 2:3• ³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. (2 Peter 2:3)

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2 Cor. 1:19• ¹⁹For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, he who has been preached by us among you (by me and Silvanus and Timotheus), did not become yea and nay, but yea *is* in him. (2 Cor. 1:19)

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Matt. 23:8• ⁸But *ye*, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all *ye* are brethren. (Matt. 23:8)

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Acts 2:36• ³⁶Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom *ye* have crucified, both Lord and Christ. (Acts 2:36)

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Acts 5:31• ³¹Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. (Acts 5:31)

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Acts 10:36• ³⁶The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (*he* is Lord of all things,) (Acts 10:36)

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Rom. 14:8‑9• ⁸For both if we should live, it is to the Lord we live; and if we should die, it is to the Lord we die: both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord's.
⁹For to this end Christ has died and lived again, that he might rule over both dead and living. (Rom. 14:8‑9)

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1 Cor. 1:23• ²³but *we* preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness; (1 Cor. 1:23)

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1 Cor. 2:2• ²For I did not judge it well to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified. (1 Cor. 2:2)

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1 Cor. 8:6• ⁶yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom all things, and *we* for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and *we* by him. (1 Cor. 8:6)

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1 Cor. 12:3• ³I give you therefore to know, that no one, speaking in the power of the Spirit of God, says, Curse on Jesus; and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in the power of the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 12:3)

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1 Cor. 15:47• ⁴⁷the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven. (1 Cor. 15:47)

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Phil. 2:11• ¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to God the Father's glory. (Phil. 2:11)

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2 Cor. 1:24• ²⁴Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workmen of your joy: for by faith ye stand. (2 Cor. 1:24)

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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
¹⁵and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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Matt. 20:25‑27• ²⁵But Jesus having called them to him, said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them.
²⁶It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
²⁷and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman; (Matt. 20:25‑27)

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Luke 22:25‑26• ²⁵And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.
²⁶But *ye* shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves. (Luke 22:25‑26)

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John 13:14‑15• ¹⁴If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet;
¹⁵for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also. (John 13:14‑15)

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Rom. 15:1‑2• ¹But *we* ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
²Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification. (Rom. 15:1‑2)

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1 Cor. 9:19‑23• ¹⁹For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.
²⁰And I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain the Jews: to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, in order that I might gain those under law:
²¹to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain those without law.
²²I became to the weak, as weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
²³And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them. (1 Cor. 9:19‑23)

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Gal. 5:13• ¹³For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)

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2 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

• Personal interest, or honor, vanishes before His name. And such a servant was the Apostle to the Corinthians. What a change, from the prejudiced, law-bound, yet impassioned Jew of Tarsus! (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 4:5-6” by W. Kelly)

• As Christ Jesus is Lord, and the believer owns and proclaims it according to his measure, so is He the one true and safe motive for the ready service of His saints. Personal interest, or honor, vanishes before His name. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 4:5-6” by W. Kelly)

• Personal interest, temporal gain, self-exaltation and the applause of men, are all lost sight of in the joy of serving for Christ's sake. How truly he could say, "We preach not ourselves". (“2 Corinthians 4” by H. Smith)

• They preached “Christ Jesus the Lord.” This shows that their burden was not just to present Christ—wonderful as that is in itself—but to bring the saints under His Lordship claims. (“A True Christian Minister Has Personal Exercises Regarding the Ministry He Carries: 2 Corinithains 4” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus’ sake.

W. Kelly Translation

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For not ourselves do we preach, but Jesus Christ as Lorda, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus’ sake,

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The order of the words "Jesus" "Christ" and "Lord" fluctuate in the MSS.